But people have never really cared. And they've always been scared of change. XP had the same 'why upgrade?' problem as Vista when it showed up; despite follo

But people have never really cared. And they've always been scared of change. XP had the same 'why upgrade?' problem as Vista when it showed up; despite following on the heels of the ME train wreck. People were still largely satisfied with 98SE and didn't see a compelling reason to upgrade. But eventually they did buy newer, faster hardware and peripherals. Microsoft wisely never patched improved USB and WiFi support into 98, so people learned to tolerate XP. The biggest difference now, is that there isn't a very compelling argument for new hardware either. Particularly amidst the Current Economic Conditions.